News from your Sonoma County town

CLOVERDALE

Annual curbside cleanup?for residential customers

The annual Cloverdale Curbside Cleanup for all residential garbage customers will take place March 20 to 24.

Cleanup is limited to either 14 bags and/or boxes, seven bags and/or boxes plus one bulky item or just two bulky items. Interested participants should set out their cleanup items on their regular garbage collection day.

Call Redwood Empire Disposal at 707-585-0291 for additional information.

Four Cloverdale restaurants participating in dining event

Four Cloverdale restaurants, Piacere Italiano Steak and Seafood, Railroad Station Bar and Grill, Savvy on First and Trading Post Market & Bakery, will be taking part in the 8th annual Sonoma County Restaurant Week, from March 6 to 12.

They will join with other top restaurants throughout the area during this weeklong event that celebrates the finest in Sonoma County food.

Priced at $10 or $15, the two-course prix-fixe lunch option will be offered again by participating restaurants. In addition, all restaurants will offer a three-course prix-fixe dinner menu for $19, $29 or $39.

Visit sonomacounty.com/restaurant-week for complete details.

HEALDSBURG

Registration opens for university women’s forum

The Healdsburg chapter’s American Association of University Women announced their Spring Forum registration is open. The topic is, “Contested Eden: A History of Sonoma County,” with Professor Chris O’Sullivan.

O’Sullivan will cover the Russians at Fort Ross, Mariano Vallejo, Jack London, Luther Burbank, Grace Hudson and more individuals and groups that had an impact on the county’s development.

The forum is held at the Raven Performing Arts Theater, 115 North St.

The class begins on Thursday, March 16 and runs for six weeks. The fee is $90 and is nonrefundable.

Register at healdsburg-ca.aauw.net.

Signups begin for 31st annual bike tour of varying distances

The Healdsburg Chamber of Commerce opened registration for the 31st annual Healdsburg Bicycle Tour. The event is Saturday, April 29 and begins at 6:30 a.m. and ends at 2 p.m. Check-in is at the Healdsburg Community Center, 1557 Healdsburg Ave.

The event offers tours of 20, 25 or 60 miles, with longer distances being more challenging rides both in distance and elevation.

Registration is $85 and includes a limited edition tour map bandana, a catered lunch, and more. Registration closes April 21.

There are no same-day registrations. To register, visit www.healdsburg.com/biketour.

WINDSOR

Musical acts sweep awards?at annual Got Talent show

Musical performances won four of the five awards at the Windsor’s Got Talent show at the Community Center on Feb. 24.

Kylee Faloni and Katie Tembrock’s acoustic guitar performance of “No Place Like You” placed first, guitarist Jenna Bertoli’s rendition of “Arms” by Christina Perri won second place and third place winner Mojo Filter - Ella and Sophia Martin, Andrew Leavitt and Nathan Cook - rocked The Beatles’ “Come Together.”

Misty Miller’s monologue “Mr. Swimmy” won the children’s performance award.

The Grand Prize of $100 went to Anika Todd’s guitar performance of Taylor Swift’s “Safe and Sound.” There were 20 performances, including three Irish dances by Pia Sallee. Sallee will compete in April at the World Championships in the under age 11 group in Ireland.

The annual talent show put on by Heather Cullen and the Windsor Performing Arts Academy raises money for musical performances in Windsor schools.

This year’s judges were former Windsor councilwoman Maureen Merrill, Windsor Middle School attendance supervisor Maria Schuster, Mattie Washburn school teacher Lucine Luna and Windsor school trustee Bill Adams.

Renovated playground opening this week on Town Green

Windsor officials Wednesday will celebrate the opening of the renovated playground on the Town Green with a 5 p.m. ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The playground on the 4.5-acre Town Green at 701 McClelland Drive has been closed since fall 2016. The new play space will include new equipment, inclusive play features, rubberized surfacing, seating and a new walkway.

Enhanced improvements include hand-painted tiles and custom engraved bricks that were purchased by community members as part of the Windsor Parks and Recreation Foundation (People4Parks) fundraising campaign.

People4Parks pledged $35,000 and the Windsor Rotary Club contributed $25,000 to the project, Windsor Parks and Recreation analyst Olivia Lemen said.

Planning for the project began in 2012, and in 2013 Windsor Parks and Recreation staff estimated the project would cost $185,000 to build and maintain for 10 years.

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be in honor of Windsor Senior Maintenance worker Neil Brady, who died in February.